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Old 9th January 2012, 16:28
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Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942

hello guys
well i realy dont know why sooo many people are interested in an old rusty wreck in the middle of the sea,but let me tell you my story:
when i was a little boy,my grandfather always told me the story,how he and his crew crashed into the sea with their JU88 next to the island of psathoura...well i was about 8 years old and thought,hey,i will go there one day and will find that plane...of course i had no idea how dificult it will be to find a plane somewhere in the sea next to a little greek island..but that was my plan more than 25 years ago...
my granfather was the radio operator in that plane and he made many flights together with lt. hasso holst and the rest of the crew. after my gradfather died about 10 years ago,i got all his medals and also his flight book with all the flights he made and inside that book i red also the notes about the crash they made.....(when i will be back in germany,i will upload that page,i imagine that you could be interessted?)
in october 1942 my granfather broke his nose accidently,so he couldnt flight for a couple of days,that was his luck,because as you know,lt holst and the rest of the crew never came back on the 14.10.1942
after all these years i nearly forgot the stories my grandfather told me...but some weeks ago,i found some letters, he wrote me, some years befor he died...and than i remembered me and i started to use the internet to find out more about "his" JU88...for me it was a great feeling when i realised that somebody found that wreck...and when i saw the picture...it was amazing...so know i am planning to go there this year (would be great to be there at the 27.may 2012,exactly 70 years later...) but well,we will see...
greets and thank you
mike
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